CV of project leader (Prof. Dr. Andreas Lüthi)
| 1988 - 1992 |
Diploma, Biozentrum, University of Basel , Switzerland |
| 1993 - 1996 |
PhD, University of Basel , Switzerland |
| 1996 - 1998 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Bristol , UK |
| 1998 - 2000 |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich , Switzerland |
| 2000 - 2003 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology/Neurobiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel |
| 2003 - present |
Group Leader, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel ; Titular Professor, University of Basel |
Selected Publications
Herry C, Ciocchi S, Senn V, Demmou L, Müller C, Lüthi A (2008) Switching on and off fear by distinct neuronal circuits. Nature 454:600-606.
Shaban H, Humeau Y, Herry C, Casassus G, Shigemoto R, Ciocchi S, Barbieri, S, van der Putten H, Kaupmann K, Bettler B, Lüthi A. (2006) Generalization of amygdala LTP and conditioned fear in the absence of presynaptic inhibition. Nature Neurosci 9: 1028-1035.
Humeau Y, Herry C, Kemp N, Shaban H, Fourcaudot E, Bissière S, Lüthi A. (2005) Dendritic spine heterogeneity determines afferent-specific Hebbian plasticity in the amygdala. Neuron 45: 119-131.
Humeau Y, Shaban H, Bissière S, Lüthi A (2003) Presynaptic induction of heterosynaptic associative LTP in the mammalian brain. Nature 426: 841-845.
Bissière S, Humeau Y, Lüthi A (2003) Dopamine gates LTP induction in lateral amygdala by suppressing feedforward inhibition. Nature Neurosci 6: 587-59
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